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TAB 6. 



Trihe Vande.'E. 



Sub-tribe Sarcanthe.^-:. 



Genus Mystacidifm. 



Mystacidlum Peglerae, Bolus, in Trans. South African 

 Philosoph. Soc, vol. xvi., pi. 2,^.110. — Epiphytei glabra; radices 

 ccrales filifornies, 0-15 cm. crassae ; caulis validus ibliatus, 5-6 cm 

 long-us ; folia disticha erecto-patcntia lig"ulata injcqualiter biloba, 

 lobulis obtusis, basi ang'ustata semiamplexcaulia coriacea, 3-5 cm. 

 long'a, O'7-l cm. lata ; racemi squarroso-patentes ; rhachis fracti- 

 flexa, 5-Gflora, 4-5 cm. longa ; flores erecli, albi ; saoala lateralia 

 patenlia oblanceolata acuta, 0*25 cm. longa ; sepalum impar 

 ercctum oblongum ovatumve obtusum, quam lateralia paullo 

 brevius ; petala erecto-patentia rhomboidea angulis rotiintlatis, 

 0*18 cm. longa, 0*17 cm. lata; labellum arcualo-deflexum, subflabel- 

 liforme, angulis rotundatis, margine antico obcure 81obo, lateralibus 

 subundulatis, tota lamina manu explanata 0"35-0"4 cm. longa, basi 

 in calcar dependens subincurvum cylindricum, 0"5 cm. longum, 

 0*075 cm. crassum productum ; columna decurva, oblonga, emar- 

 ginata ; rostellum deflexum lanceolatum acutum ; pollinia globosa 

 in stipitibus capillaceis afifixa ; glandular ovatie minima^. (Ex 

 exempli, exsicc. , Jloribusque in formal, servalis. ) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : in a forest 

 near Kentani, alt., 8G0 meters, fl. Feb., Alice Pegier, 993 ! 



Plate 6. A. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2 ditto, side view ; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, side sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 6, lip, front 

 view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, column, front view shewing the 

 poUinarium in situ ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, pollinarium, — all 

 variouslv magnified. 



A glabrous epiphyte ; atrial roots filiform, 0'15 cm. thick ; 

 stem stout leafy, 5-6 cm. long ; leaves distichous erect-spreading 

 ligulate unequally bilobed, the lobes obtuse, narrowed at the base, 

 semiamplexicaul coriaceous, 3-5 cm. long, O'7-l cm. wide ; racemes 

 squarrosely spreading 5-6nowered, 4-5 cm. long ; flowers erect 

 white ; side sepals spreading oblanceolate acute 0*25 cm. long ; odd 

 sepal erect oblong or ovate obtuse a little shorter than the lateral 

 sepals ; petals erect-spreading, rhomboidal with rounded angles, 

 0"18 cm. long, 0*17 cm. wide ; lip arcuate-deflexed somewhat 

 flabelliform with the angles rounded, the anterior marg'in 

 obscurely 31obed, the lateral margins somewhat undulate, the 

 whole lamina flattened out 0'35-0'4 cm. long, produced at the 

 base into a pendant somewhat incurved cylindrical spur 5 cm. 

 long, 0'075 cm. in diam. ; column incurved oblong emarginate ; 

 rostellum deflexed lanceolate acute ; pollinia globose affixed by 

 filiform stalks to the very small ovate glands. 



